This paper is a study on characteristics of establishment in farming and farming level of young farmers focusing on excellent examples of alumnus of Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries(KNCAF). Above all, major success characteristics o...
This paper is a study on characteristics of establishment in farming and farming level of young farmers focusing on excellent examples of alumnus of Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries(KNCAF). Above all, major success characteristics of excellent cases are as follows. First, They make an effort to secure of agriculture competitiveness through an increase in farm size, and then strive for their specialty. Second, They are leading value based agriculture through an innovations in techniques. According to analysis results, KNCAF’s excellent examples of alumnus have the following features: aim at environmentally-friendly agriculture, actively introduction of new technology, planning of development for the 6<SUP>th</SUP> industry, continued research activity, community reinvigoration and leading development of agriculture through active network. Finally, This result in various certifications and awards(environmentfriendly certification, HACCP certification, non antibiotic/pesticide-free certification, organic certification etc.). The growth phases of graduate farmers showing the above-mentioned characteristics are examined as follows. They are evenly distributed from inflow phase to stabilization phase. And there is strong possibility of entering the management transfer phase where they participate in successor training such as on-the-job training in the future. Therefore, there is necessity of additional curriculum that can satisfy the demand for advanced education in order that they grow the core people and leader of farm village. To this end, after graduation, it is necessary to develop evaluation indicators according to growth phases of young farmers, and as a result, the extended curriculum should be specifically examined.